[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 459 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 459

Congratulating KICY Radio for 50 years of service to western Alaska and 
                         the Russian Far East.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2010

  Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Begich) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating KICY Radio for 50 years of service to western Alaska and 
                         the Russian Far East.

Whereas KICY Radio is owned and operated by the Arctic Broadcasting Association, 
        a nonprofit affiliate of the Evangelical Covenant Church;
Whereas KICY Radio has been broadcasting since April 17, 1960, on an AM 
        frequency of 850 kilohertz;
Whereas KICY Radio is primarily staffed by volunteers;
Whereas KICY Radio broadcasts from Nome, Alaska to more than 40 Alaska Native 
        villages throughout the Seward Peninsula and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta;
Whereas KICY Radio serves the Chukotkan, Kamchatkan, and Siberian regions of the 
        Russian Far East for 5 hours each day, 7 days each week, from 11 p.m. to 
        4 a.m.;
Whereas the signal strength of KICY Radio has expanded from 5,000 watts to 
        50,000 watts during the past 50 years;
Whereas 1 of the most popular KICY Radio programs over the 50-year history of 
        the station is ``Ptarmigan Telegraph,'' which allows listeners to send 
        in brief messages to be read on the air for friends and relatives; and
Whereas, even today, when much of the region served by KICY Radio is connected 
        by telephone, ``Ptarmigan Telegraph'' remains a vital means of 
        connecting the people of western Alaska: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates KICY Radio for 50 years of service to 
        western Alaska and the Russian Far East;
            (2) recognizes the volunteer staff who have kept KICY Radio 
        on the air for the past 50 years; and
            (3) wishes the staff of KICY Radio well with the continued 
        efforts of the staff to serve the people of western Alaska and 
        the Russian Far East with culturally relevant programming.
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